Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Sign language – are we really this dumb?

Funny Signs SidewalkAs carefully explained on this sign; the sidewalk ends.

Is this what we’ve come to? Warning people about everything from hot coffee to putting up signs telling us when a sidewalk ends?

It sure the hell is. Get use to it, if you aren’t already. Americans are getting dumber every generation because of a lack of good education. Now we’re reaping the rewards and forced to put up signs stating the obvious.

1 comment:

Tom Sebourn said...

Dave, I think I figured this out some years ago. They put these up to tell the people that built the sidewalk where to stop building. Without that sign, there might be a sidewalk all the way to Fortuna. They even use them on the freeway. Maybe you have seen the signs that say "END CONSTRUCTION"?

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